Currently Funded Awards
During 2024, the AAAAI Foundation supported 15 Faculty Development Awards. The support for these multi-year awards is only possible through continued support from our donors. Consider making a gift today.
2024
Taylor Eddens, MD
“Neonatal Stem-Like CD4+ T Cells and Asthma Development After Early Life Viral Infection”
University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Krantz, MD
“A Translational Bioinformatics Approach for Deep Phenotyping and Genetic Risk of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction”
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Elise Liu, MD
“Invariant Natural Killer T Cells in the Development of Food Allergies”
Yale University
Erin Steinbach, MD
“Revealing the Mechanisms of Increased Intestinal Epithelial Cell Barrier Permeability in Peanut Allergy”
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2023
Sara Barmettler, MD
“Immunologic Impact and Risk for Infection in Patients with Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia”
Massachusetts General Hospital
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
Santiago Alvarez-Arango, MD
“Pathogenesis of Non IgE-Mediated Immediate Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions”
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
David Hill, MD, PhD, FAAAAI
“Contribution of Interferon-Mediated Epithelial Cell MHCII Expression to EoE”
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia|
Award Term: July 2023 - June 2026
2022
Sergio E. Chiarella, MD
The AAAAI Foundation & Donald YM Leung, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, Faculty Development Award
“Investigation of Tmem178 as a Novel Endogenous Inhibitory Pathway in Asthma”
Mayo Clinic - Division of Allergic Diseases|
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Jocelyn Farmer, MD, PhD
“Define Immune Correlates of a Protective Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Patients with Humoral Immunodeficiency”
Massachusetts General Hospital
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Hsi-en (John) Ho, MD
“Dissecting Differential Inflammatory Response to Microbial Translocation in Primary Antibody Deficiencies”
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025
Jessica W. Hui, MD
“The Role of Temperature on the Skin Barrier and the Development of Atopy”
National Jewish Health
Award Term: July 2022 - June 2025